Online Desk: The average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh has slightly increased. In 2022, the average life expectancy rose to 72.4 years, which was 72.3 years in 2021, according to a report published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Tuesday.
The life expectancy for men is now 70.8 years, while the life expectancy for women is 74.2 years, the BBS reports said.
The child mortality rate in Bangladesh has increased. The number of deaths among children under the age of one was 22 per thousand in 2021, which rose to 25 in 2022. In 2021, the death rate of children under the age of five was 28 per thousand. It increased to 31 in 2022.